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George Floyd Death: How the Knee-on-Neck Hold Resulted in Tragedy

Police departments have tried to ban or severely limit the use of chokeholds and neck restraints. But in Minneapolis, a knee pressing on a neck led to a man’s death.

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Trump Says U.S. ‘Terminating’ Relationship With the World Health Organization Over Its Coronavirus Response

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. will be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization, saying it had failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has “total control” over the global organization. He

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Germany’s Soccer League Resumes Season, Offers Feeds With Fake Crowd Sounds

Germany’s top soccer league, the Bundesliga, is among the first major sports league to resume its season. And empty and quiet stadiums have led to some controversial new features to the broadcasts.

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President Trump Announces The End Of Special Relationship With Hong Kong

President Trump announced a set of measures on Hong Kong on Friday, after China announced earlier this week that it was going to impose new national security measures in the city.

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France Eases Some Pandemic Restrictions And Will Reopen Restaurants, Bars And Parks

“It will be so nice to be able to go lie on the grass in a park and have a picnic or to sit at a sidewalk cafe again,” says a Paris resident. Restaurants and bars will reopen with restrictions

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California Coronavirus Update: Governor Gavin Newsom To Issue County Guidelines For Reopening Movie Theaters – Deadline

California Coronavirus Update: Governor Gavin Newsom To Issue County Guidelines For Reopening Movie Theaters  Deadline Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines latest phase of reopening California  Los Angeles Times Gov. Newsom empowers individual counties to reopen: ‘We never allowed that curve to take off’  The

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Jeremy Conrad left his own VC firm to start a company, and investors like what he’s building

When this editor first met Jeremy Conrad, it was in 2014, at the 8,000-square-foot former fish factory that was home to Lemnos, a hardware-focused venture firm that Conrad had co-founded three years earlier. Conrad — who as a mechanical engineering

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Donald Trump Takes No Press Questions After Tweeting “Looting Leads To Shooting” – Deadline

Donald Trump Takes No Press Questions After Tweeting “Looting Leads To Shooting”  Deadline Donald Trump escalates Twitter feud by cross-posting blocked message  The Verge Donald Trump: The Most Mendacious President in U.S. History  The New Yorker Why President Trump’s Order on Social Media

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